Rotary hay-distributer



F. n.. TELLIN. ROTARY HAY DISTRIBUTER. APPucAImN man F5511. 1920.A 1,367,572. Patented Feb. 8, 1921.

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F. D. TE'LLIN.

ROTARY HAY DISTRIBUTEH.

APPLICAUON FILED FB.21,192o.

1,367,572. Paned Feb. 8,1921.

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F. D. TELLIN.

ROTARY HAY DISTRIBUTEB.

APPLxcATloN FILED FEB.21. 1920.

1,367,572. Patented Feb. s, 1921.

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' ed according; to this'invention.

UNITED STATES FRANK D. TELLIN, OF KALONA, IOWA.

ROTARY IIAY-DISTRIBUTER.

Application filed February 21, 1920.

Be it known that I, Frasi; D. TnLLiN, a citizen of the United ffitates, residingl at alona, in the county oit \Vashington and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useiul Improvements in Rotary Hay- Distributers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to carriers for unloading hay and other similar material from agons and depositing it in barns; and it consists in the novel construction and combination oii the parts hereinafter :fully described and claimed whereby the material is revolved rapidly when it arrives in the barn and is automatically discharged from the fork which carries it, and is distributed upon the `door ot the barn.

in the d awings, Figure i is an end view, partially in section, taken on lines 2 2 in Fig. 2, of a rotary hay distributor construct- Fig. 2 is a side view ot the saine. Fig. 3 is a pian view oi portions of the track and the trips, showing the toothed rack and other parts for revolving' the hay fork and thereby discha rging and distributing` the hay. Fig. el: shows a modification.

rChe carrier is provided with a supportinpiframe 2 having 'wheels liournalcd in its end portions and running` on 'tracks '-.t which extend within the barn and over the hay wagon or other vehicle to he unloaded. These tracks are supported in any approved Inanner, and they have trips 5 secured to them inside the barn, the general construction and operation of the carrier being oi any approved kind, such. as shown in the patent to P. A.. Myers, No. 727,893, dated May 12, 1903.

A.. toothed rack 6 is secured inside the barn parallel to the tracks and adjacent to the trips 5, and its `use will be more fully eX- plained hereinafter. The frame 2 sheaves 7 for the lifting and operating ropes 7 journaled in it. but instead of a single pair ot sheaves at the middle part ot' its width, as ordinarily provided, two pairs of sheaves are provided and are arranged parallel to each other with a longitudinal space between them. Two similar operating ropes are provided, and two similar hoistingr` sheaves 8 are journaled in the center 'frame 9, and are arranged in line with the sheaves 7. y

The main frame 2 has catches l0 pivoted Specification of Letters Patent.

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Patented Feb. 8, 1921.

Serial No. 360,318.

to it, for supporting the center frame 9 when raised, and these catches are operated by the trips 5 to release the ioad when inside the barn, in the usual manner. The inain trame 2 has a crossbar l2 at about the middle oi its length, and a vertical shaft la: is journaled at the middle part of this crossbar, and has a toothed clutch member l5 splined to it. A toothed pinion 16 is journaled loosely on the upper end portion of the shat't la, and has a toothed clutch member 1T secured to it. The toothed pinion is arranged to run in gear with the toothed rack 6, and to be revolved by it as the traine is drawn alongl the track. Ji lever 18 is pivoted to the frame, and is operatively connected with the slidable clutch member l5, so that the rack and pinion can be caused to revolve the shaft la at will. A rect-angular driving socket 2O is secured on lthe lower part of the shaft le, and has a flaring entrance 21.

The center frame 9 has a vertical shaft 22 y journaled in a bearing` 2ibetween its hoisting;` sheaves 8, and arranged under the shaft le. The shaft is preferably supported by a ball bearing 25, and it has a rectangular driving portion 2G at its upper end for engagging with the driving socket 20, when the center traine is raised5 as shown in F l. A. fork 26 is pivotally connected to the lower part ot the shaft 22 by a shackle 277 andv it has a horizontal trame 2S at its upper part; Tinos 29 are pivot-ed by pins 30 to the ends of the traine 28, and normally project downwardly, and have pointed ends. Bell-crank levers 3l are also pivoted to the pins 30, and have short arms 32 which project outwardly. Teeth 33 are pivoted by pins 34 to the lower end portions ot the tines, and 35 are connecting-rods pivoted to the teeth and to the short arms 32 of the bell-crank levers. When the long` arms of the bell-crank leversl are turned downwardly, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. l, the teeth 33 are placed in line with the tines.

The tines are thrust into the hay on the hay wagon when the teeth are in this position, by lowering the center frame and fork, andthe long:T arms of the bell-crank levers rso are then raised against the stops 38 on the Y frame 9.8, to place the teeth crosswise of the tines, as shown in full lines in Fig. l, so as to retain the hay on the tines. The fork with its load of hay is raised in the usual way until the parts assume the positions CJi Ashort arms ot the bell-crank lo shown in Fig. l, and the two vertical shafts are in driving engagement.

rlhe iframe 2 and the parts connected to it are then run along the track, and the tootljied pinion i6 is placed in driving` connection with the upper vertical shait by means ot the clutch. lilhen the toothed pinion engages with the toothed rack inside the barn, the fork with its load of hay is revolved rapidly. The tines are thing outwardly on their pivots by centrifugal torce, and the hay is released from the reta of teeth by the connecting-rods which a# Jotcd to the fers' below the pivot pins ci? the tines. This action of the tines distributes the hay over the `door of the barn, and the hay can be discharged at rions points by suitably operating the clutch lever which controis the driving com neet-ion of the toothed pinion with the upper vertical shaft.

In the modiiication shown in Fig. Li. the vertical driving` shaift le is arranged to one side of the main traine, instead oi verticallv over t ie shaft 292, and the two shafts are op.; erativeiy connected hy -flexible shaft d0, or any other agproved intermediate driving mechanism such as shaiits provided with universal `joints or couplings. rllhe shaft le has a 'flexible coupling; il normally held in position by a spring Ll2, and is driven bv a toothed wheel 1G which gears into a toothed rack 6 on the track.

lililhat l claim is:

1. in a rotary hay distrilniter, a track, a toothed rack secured parallel to the track, a frame which runs on the track, an upper vertical shaft journaled in the said trame. a center iframe, a lower vertical. shaft journaled in the center frame, means for revolving` the lower shatt trom the upper shaft when the center frame is raised, rope sheaves journaled in the said frames, means 'for engaging the load carried by the lower vertical shaft, and a toothed pinion which into the said rack and is operatively connected with the upper shaft, said pinion beine,` revolved by the toothed rack when moved along` in gear with it bythe traine.

2. ln a rotary hay distributer, a track, a toothed rack secured parallel to the track, a frame which'runs on the track, an upper vertical shaitjournaled in the said-traine, a clutch member splined on the said shaft and provided with means for sliding` it longitudinally, a toothed pinion journaled loosely on the said shaft and provided with a clutch member for the aforesaid clutch member to engage with, a center trame, lower vertical shaft journaled in the center trame and engaging with the-upper shaft when the center neer/,tva

with the said driving socket when the center :trame ie raised, rope sheaves iournaled in the said frames, means ior engaging` the load carried by the lower vertical shaft, and driving devices for revolving` the upper shaft.

4i. ina rotary hay distributor, a track, a hay carrier device which runs on the said tracx and is provided with a vertical sl att, a hay fork suspended trom the said shaft and provided with pivoter. t-ines which are moved outwardly to release the hay when,

the said shaft is revolved, and means tor revolving the said shaft at will.

5. in a rotary hay distributer, a track, a hay carrier device which runs on the said track and is provided with a vertical shaft, a hay fork suspended trom the said shaft and provided with pivoted tines which are moved outwardly to release the hay when the said shaft is revolved, a toothed pinion operatively connected with the said shaft, and a toothed rack secured parallel to the track and opt-)rating` to revolve the said pinion and shaft as the hay carrier device is moved along the track.

6. ln a rotary hay distributor, a track, a hay carrier device which runs on the said track and is provided with a vertical shaft, a hay l'ork suspended from the said shaft and provided with pivoted tines which are inovcd outwardly to release the hay when the said sl att is revolved, a toothed pinion peratively connected with the said shaft, a toothed rack secured parallel to thetrack and operating to revolve the Said pinion and siatt as the hay carrier device is moved along` the track, bellcrank levers pivoted concentric with the said tines, retaining teeth pivoted to the tines, and connecting-rods bctween the said teeth and bell-crank levers, i

said teeth being` placed in line with the tines by the bell-crank levers when the tines are moved outwardly to release the hay.

ln testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature. i

FRANK D. TELLIN. 

